Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- solve problems, study independently, manage your time effectively and produce work to set deadlines
- present your work in a professional manner
- demonstrate innovative approaches to engagement with professional practice and employability opportunities
- employ digital skills to an ambitious level to support your learning
- identify, select and draw upon a wide range of subject specific, printed and electronic sources to inform and challenge your thinking
- communicate ideas effectively to an advanced level using a variety of written and visual formats
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- resolve conceptual and technical problems in the production of design collections, prototype fabrics, paper and materials and where applicable, products
- work and use machines and equipment safely and professionally in the studios and workshops
- evidence the practical development of your work in an organised way
- apply a variety of practical skills effectively and professionally in the making and finalisation of your work
- identify an individual and ambitious approach to the discipline through the realisation of practical work to a professional standard
- produce work demonstrating higher levels of refinement
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- evaluate and challenge the conceptual and practical boundaries of your discipline
- apply a considered and critical approach in the development of ideas and experimentation into a resolved and coherent body of work
- use higher levels of analysis in the translation of your ideas to an intended context
- apply methods of independent inquiry through the selection of research, materials, media and processes to explore your ideas
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to utilise contemporary design contexts to direct your outcomes
- how resolve your ideas effectively within a relevant professional context
- how to select and use thorough, varied and relevant research towards the development of a final project
- how to apply appropriate textile concepts, techniques, methods and processes in the realisation of your project to a higher level
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Follow-up work | 100 |
Lecture | 10 |
Seminar | 2 |
Tutorial | 20 |
Wider reading or practice | 30 |
Practical | 90 |
Completion of assessment task | 90 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 30 |
Demonstration | 5 |
Supervised time in studio/workshop | 73 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Academic Integrity issues:. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/what-is-academic-integrity
Harvard citing and referencing systems, including citethemright online resource:. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/referencing
Digital Learning resource for students to access digital support and tutorials. www.lynda.com
WSA Creative Services: Students can access a wide range of 2D and 3D printing and laser cut facilities..
Blackboard. http://blackboard.soton.ac.uk Panopto via Blackboard An on-gong relevant reading list to specific projects will be listed on the project brief/s and available on blackboard
The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support:. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal